Only A Few Days Left To Consign To The
May 15-17 Sports Catalog Auction

By now, most hobbyists are as
excited as we are for our highly anticipated May 2014 catalog
auction that is slated to take place at HA.com/Sports on May 15-17. Once again, the
World's Largest Collectibles Auctioneer will be hosting a high
quality assortment of game-worn items, cards, autographs, awards
and much more, and we are happy to announce that there is still
time for potential consignors to ship their items for inclusion in
what promises to be one of the most memorable hobby events of the
year. Anybody that is still interested in consigning to our May
auction should contact us immediately at Sports@HA.com or call (214) 528-3500.

Mark Pavelich "Miracle on Ice" Olympic
Gold Medal To Be Featured in Upcoming Catalog Auction

One of only two medals from
United States' famed 1980 victory offered publically!

They finally made a movie about it in 2004. It had to be done, and
it's frankly surprising that it took almost a quarter century for
"Miracle" to hit the big screen, Kurt Russell providing star
power as coach Herb Brooks. If it hadn't actually happened,
Hollywood screenwriters should have dreamt it up, the archetypical
David vs. Goliath story, a ragtag band of American amateurs facing
the Soviet elite, set against the backdrop of the Cold War. But one
wonders if the audiences could have possibly suspended disbelief
during the glorious third act if it wasn't actually a true
story.

Everybody knows that the 1980 US Olympic Hockey round-robin match
between the USSR and the US was expected to be a painfully lopsided
affair. Of the twenty players who made the final roster of the US
team, only one had prior Olympic experience. The rest were
primarily college kids, nine of them (including Pavelich) members
of Herb Brooks' University of Minnesota team. Four more were from
Boston University. The Soviet players were classed as amateurs, but
were effectively supported by the Soviet government which provided
them with world-class training facilities and unlimited
professional-level team play. Three of the Soviet team members,
goalie Vladislav Tretiak and forwards Valeri Kharlamov and
Viacheslav Fetisov, are today enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Not a single player on the American team can boast that
distinction.

Three times the Soviets took the lead, and three times the
Americans battled back to even footing. The game-winner would come
with ten minutes left to play, when Mike Eruzione, left undefended
in the high slot, scored the fourth goal for the home team, sending
the Lake Placid crowd of 8,500 into hysterics. But nothing could
match the decibel level as sportcaster Al Michaels gave his famous,
game-closing call:

"Eleven seconds, you've got ten seconds, the countdown going on
right now! Morrow, up to Silk. Five seconds left in the game. Do
you believe in miracles?...YES!"

Though the United States team would need one more come from behind
victory, against Finland, to clinch the top level of the Olympic
podium, their victory over the seemingly invincible Russian
juggernaut is widely recognized at the greatest moment in American
sports history. Never before has the ultimate symbol of that
victory been made available to the collecting public before now, as
Heritage Auctions proudly presents the 1980 Olympic Ice Hockey
Gold Medal presented to twenty-one year old forward Mark
Pavelich for his contributions to the historic cause.

Crafted by the illustrious "Tiffany & Co.," the
extraordinary prize offers world class aesthetics befitting its
historic importance. The obverse provides a raised torch framed
between the words "XIII Olympic Winter Games" and the
Olympic rings. The reverse utilizes conifer imagery at right to
balance the raised text "Lake Placid 1980" and the engraved
lettering "Ice Hockey, MarkPavelich." The original
presentational case is included.

This is just the second 1980 US Hockey Olympic Gold Medal to reach
the hobby's auction block, the first being teammate Mark Wells'
representation that commanded $310,700 in the November 2010 Heritage
Signature Auction. We believe these to be the only two examples
to have reached the collecting hobby, and certainly this is the
more significant of the pair. Pavelich rates among the most
recognizable figures from Lake Placid, notching two assists in the
victory over the Soviets, including Mike Eruzione's game-winner. He
would go on to set a still-standing record for points as a rookie
(76) for the New York Rangers, and is ranked number eighty-three in
John Wiley & Sons' volume "100 Ranger Greats."

Heritage Auctions Teams Up With Pro
Football Hall of Fame For May 3-4 Fan Fest And Appraisal Event

On May 3-4 at Cleveland's I-X
Center, Heritage sports representatives Chris Nerat and Mike
Gutierrez will be on hand at the first-ever Pro Football Hall of
Fame Fan Fest giving free appraisals on gridiron treasures and
various sports cards and memorabilia. Sure to be one of the HOF's
most popular events of the year, Fan Fest will also give fans the
opportunity of a lifetime to get up close and personal with 100 Pro
Football Hall of Famers.

For more information about Heritage's appraisal event, please
contact Chris Nerat at ChrisN@HA.com or
(214) 409-1615. For additional information about the Pro Football
Hall of Fame's Fan Fest, click
here.

HA.com/Sports is the
place to be every Sunday night for collectors of fine sports
memorabilia and trading cards.

Over 100 lots will close to initial bidding at 10:00 PM CT. On a
lot-by-lot basis, starting at 10:00 PM CT, any person who has bid
on the lot previously may continue to bid on that lot until there
are no more bids for 30 minutes. For example, if you bid on a lot
during Normal Bidding, you could participate during Extended
Bidding for that lot, but not on lots you did not bid on
previously. If a bid was placed at 10:15, the new end time for that
lot would become 10:45. If no other bids were placed before 10:45,
the lot would close. If you are the high bidder on a lot, changing
your bid will not extend the bidding during the 30 Minute Ending
phase (only a bid from another bidder will extend bidding).

No other major sports memorabilia auction house provides its
clientele this much bidding excitement. It's just another reason
why Heritage is the World's Largest Collectibles Auctioneer.

When you do a search anywhere on
the Heritage website, the results are returned in an order that
makes sense according to many different criteria, depending on
which of our sites you're on. However, you have the full ability to
sort your results.

Above all results, on the right-hand side of the page, you will see
a number of different ways to sort. Best Match is the default, but
you can sort by Price: Lowest First (if you are looking to buy, but
have a budget), Price: Highest First (if you want to see really
cool stuff), Alphabetical, Lot Number, or any of a number of other
criteria. Just choose the way you wish to sort, and the site will
sort for you.

The site now remembers your sort preferences, and keeps your
preference for the Bid/Buy side of search separate from your
Archive searches. So, if you like to view the least expensive items
up for auction and the most expensive items that have already sold,
you won't have to reset your sort every visit or every time you
switch from Bid/Buy to the Archive.

If at any time you want to change back to the default sort
settings, just go to the appropriate search page and choose "Best
Match".

Top quality consignments will be featured in
publications such as Sports Collectors Digest, Sports Market
Report, and Intelligent Collector Magazine, to provide maximum
exposure. Generous cash advances are available. Call or email one
of our Consignment Directors today to discuss your collection.

As the fastest growing American-based
auction house, financially rock-solid Heritage Auctions continues
to grow and seek the best talent in the industry. If you are a
specialist or have strong general collectibles knowledge, we want
to hear from you. These specialists will, in some cases, head new
departments and in others will enhance existing department
expertise. We have positions open at our headquarters in Dallas as
well as at our new state-of-the-art galleries in prime locations in
both Midtown Manhattan and Beverly Hills.

Heritage is seeking to hire the world's best specialists in the
following categories:

Asian Art Specialist

Coin Buyer

Modern & Contemporary Art Specialist: (New
York)

World Coins Director: Hong Kong

If you are interested and feel you have the qualifications we
seek, please email your resume and salary history to
Experts@HA.com.

We are also seeking to fill the following corporate positions:

Client Data Specialist part-time

Client Services Representative

Consignment Coordinator

Currency Consignment Director

e-Publishing Expert

Fine Jewelry Cataloger

Interns

Jr. Photographer

Operations Assistant

PHP Web Developer

Web Content Specialist (part-time)

U.S. Coin Cataloger Needed

If you are interested in applying for one of these Corporate
positions, please
apply here.

One of the finest known signed copies of the first edition of Ray
Bradbury's seminal 1953 masterpiece — and most famous work —
Fahrenheit 451 in
the original asbestos binding, no less, to ensure that the book
would survive burning — is expected to bring more than $17,500,
anchoring the deep selection of fine literature and Americana in
Heritage Auctions' April 2 Rare Books Signature
Auction.

"Bradbury's 1953 futuristic parable of a world without books is as
relevant and readable as ever," said James Gannon, Director of Rare
Books at Heritage." We've sold several copies of the first edition
of this book, as collectors are always looking for it, but this
superb copy is the finest we've yet encountered."

With more than 1,000 lots crossing the block in the auction,
highlights from two prominent private collections — one from North
Carolina, one from New Orleans — offer works at a variety of price
points and genres curated to suit any collecting taste.

A fine private collection from North Carolina both begins and ends
the auction, including a fine first edition of Ian Fleming's first
James Bond novel, Casino Royale
(estimate: $20,000+), a series of prints titled Flights: Unforgettable
Exploits of the Air (estimate: $5,000+), each signed by a
legend of aviation, including Orville Wright, Charles Lindbergh,
and Richard E. Byrd, and a limited edition, one of only 10 signed
presentation copies of the "Author's Autograph Edition" of Amelia Earhart's first
book, 20 Hrs. 40 Min. Our Flight in the Friendship
(estimate: $8,000+), with one of the original American flags that
was on her plane during her flight affixed to the front
pastedown.

A private collection in New Orleans provides Heritage with a
special offering of books with important provenance with highlights
focusing on French enlightenment and history, French and European
royalty, Napoleonic Wars, European and Middle-Eastern travels, and
Americana. An example of both French history and fine binding in
this collection is a copy of l'Office de la Semaine
Sainte (estimate: $6,000+), with a contemporary royal
binding and a hand-written note that the copy was presented to
Louis XIV at Versailles. Also included are works of English
literature including first editions by Dickens and Milton; and American
works by Capote and Agee.

We are proud to announce that our second Domain Name And
Intellectual Property Auction is underway, and bidding is open
now through April 9th. This auction features 102 domain brands
which are ideal for business or personal use.

The only known copy of an almost 7-foot-tall movie poster for the
1947 reissue of Dracula could
sell for $40,000 when it crosses the block March 22-23 in Heritage
Auctions' Vintage Movie Poster
Signature Auction in Dallas. The fearsome three sheet poster
showing a lecherous Bela Lugosi ready to strike his next victim
highlights more than 1,200 unique lots of movie monsters, stunning
heroines, and a cache of rare silent movie posters discovered above
an Ohio garage.

"This auction has mystery, intrigue, and hidden treasure — and
we're not talking about the movies!" said Grey Smith, Director of
Movie Posters at Heritage. "Many of the posters offered are
appearing at auction for the first time and some were just recently
discovered in an attic above a garage in Ohio."

A king-sized French double grande for RKO's 1933 classic King Kong
vibrantly depicts the hulking super-ape attempting to roll a band
of intrepid explorers off a moss-covered log. Fresh, bright colors
immortalize one of the film's iconic scenes on a poster that spans
more than 5 feet high by more than 7 feet wide and which is
expected to sell for $40,000+. It is one of two Kong posters in the
auction, the other being a Style B French grande poster, cast
in Rene Peron's signature art deco style, which may sell for
$15,000+.

A rare one sheet for Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy's 1930 signature
short Another Fine
Mess is considered one of the finest known to exist and is
expected to sell for $25,000+. "One sheets for short subjects are
as scarce as hen's teeth," Smith said. "Most theaters didn't want
to spend the money to promote a short that was basically tacked on
to a full feature so the one sheets that do exist are extremely
scarce and desirable."

A one sheet for Cimarron, RKO's
1931 big budget Western comes to auction with provenance from The
Berwick Discovery of Lost Movie Posters, a trove of posters
discovered in an attic in Berwick, Pa. in early 2012. The
Cimarron poster features glorious art by Frederic C. Madan
and is expected to sell for $20,000 as the previous copy sold for
more than $100,000.

Speaking of rare finds, a collection of rare posters that were
discovered earlier this year hidden above a garage in Troy, Ohio,
are expected to bring more than $12,000. The posters were produced
by the Strobridge Litho Co. for a variety of silent films and
events between 1895 and 1918. The stash includes two rare one
sheets for His Birthright
and The Temple of
Dusk, both starring Sessue Hayakawa, the first Japanese
American actor to find stardom in the United States and Europe.
Also in the trove are four, 1890s Barnum and Bailey circus posters,
including a rare German language
poster, and a crisp promotional poster of boxer James J.
Corbett, aka "Gentleman Jim," valued at $1,500.

The auction also features original poster artwork by artist Mike
Bryan, whose photo realist paintings breathed life into the
signature images used on the poster for Orion's Platoon, in
1986, and RoboCop, in
1987. The art was created using a sophisticated combination of
airbrush, ink, and colored pencil on a blueprint ghosted image from
a photograph on paper. Bryan's paintings enjoy a solid place in
modern pop culture. Both make their auction debut with an $8,000+
and $10,000+ estimate, respectively.